Participating in Spouse’s and Daughter’s Doctoral Studies

Abstract

Where does one find the enthusiasm and interest in post-graduate studies? As far as I know, the inquisitiveness, the joy of researching, and learning form the basis of all the mentioned. I watched my spouse Eeva-Liisa’s writing of her doctoral thesis closely. I lived through all the phases of research inside our family, accompanying them vividly and strongly. My relationship with my daughter’s still unfinished doctoral thesis is clearly more objective and analytic.